Seems like a valid point:
A recent lawsuit filed by a white man against IBM highlights this double standard against men. According to the former IBM employee, he was dismissed to allow the company to hire more women and minorities. “Men’s only colleges would be banned, but women’s only are still acceptable,” the manager pointed out, further highlighting this irrational preference.
This is a weak excuse:
Women are underrepresented in STEM fields, and women’s colleges are often recognised for their success in encouraging students to pursue STEM careers. According to Hello College, students at women’s colleges are 1.5 times more likely to major in STEM fields than their counterparts at co-educational institutions.
Here in the U.S. we have numerous programs to encourage young women to go into STEM fields. After 20 years, there has been little to show for it.
Simultaneously, here in the US, fields like education and nursing are up to 90% female – and there are zero programs to encourage men to go into those fields – and those two fields are among the largest groups of employees.
The situation for male employment in education and nursing is far worse than it is for women in STEM fields. In fact, in the NSF’s classification of degrees granted and including all STEM degrees, slightly more women than men earn STEM degrees.
A Women’s College Coalition survey revealed that 81 percent of women’s college graduates felt their education was highly or extremely effective in preparing them for the workforce, compared to 65 percent of public university graduates.
Similarly, this is also a weak argument – women’s only colleges are private versus public universities which have a completely different demographic of students. In the U.S., about one-third of college students attend private colleges – which often cost many, many times the cost of a public university tuition. This greatly affects who gets to attend private colleges.
